1. the branch of medicine treating of the essential nature of disease, especially of the changes in body tissues and organs that cause or are caused by disease. 2. the structural and functional manifestations of a disease. adj., adj pathologÂ´ic, pathologÂ´ical.
The definition of receptive is someone who is open and willing to receive something or to hear or learn something new. 1  An example of someone who would be described as receptive is a person who is open and willing to hear a new idea. An example of someone who would be described as receptive is an audience of people who are willing to welcome a speaker and listen with an open mind.
uk â /pÉËsweÉªd/ us â /pÉËsweÉªd/. B1 to make someone do or believe something by giving them a good reason to do it or by talking to that person and making them believe it: If she doesn't want to go, nothing you can say will persuade her. [ + (that) ] It's no use trying to persuade him (that) you're innocent. [ + to infinitive ] He is trying to persuade local and foreign businesses to invest in the project. Using a bunch of bananas, the zoo-keeper persuaded the monkey back into its cage.